Kevin Wills
Civil Engineering
Marmota Ltd
Australia
Biography
Kevin Wills is a geologist with significant experience in multi-commodity mineral exploration including feasibility studies, mine operations and corporate activities in Australasia. He has been closely involved in the discovery and evaluation of economic mineral deposits of: diamonds (Argyle, WA), base metals (Thalanga & Waterloo QLD), gold (Murchison WA and Challenger SA), mineral sands (Burekup, WA) and iron ore (Blacksmith WA). Dr Wills was Managing Director of Flinders Mines Limited for over ten years. He is an Associate of the Royal School of Mines, past Chairman of the Adelaide Branch and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Between 2010 and 2015, he was an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide engaging in teaching economic geology and mineral exploration. He founded the SA Exploration and Mining Conference in 2004 and has since been Chairman of the organising committee. Dr Wills has had experience on five boards and involvement in many IPOs and capital raisings. Since March 2016, he has been working as Chief Consulting Geologist with Marmota; as acting MD of Marmota from 14 November 2016 until 30 January 2017, and as Executive Director (Exploration) since 5 June 2017.
Research Interest
Business Management, Infrastructure and Architecture
